Steele v. United States No. 1

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “[i]t is enough if the description is such that the officer with a search warrant can, with reasonable effort,] ascertain and identify the place intended”
• concluding that warrant’s description of “‘cases of whiskey’” was sufficiently particular
• seeing contraband whiskey in an open doorway did not justify an immediate entry and seizure without a warrant, it merely furnished probable cause for a warrant which was issued and executed
• warrant authorizing search of building used as a garage empowers police to search connecting rooms
• warrant authorizing search of building used as a garage empowers police to search connecting rooms
• warrant must be particular enough to enable individual conducting the search to identify the item sought

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).